Transgender beauty queen Jenna Talackova has spoken publicly for the first time since she was kicked out of the Miss Universe Canada competition last month.

Talackova chose to break her silence alongside celebrity attorney Gloria Allred in Los Angeles after the Donald Trump-led Miss Universe Organization announced the 23-year-old would be allowed to compete after all, if she can prove she meets the “legal gender recognition requirements of Canada.”

Allred insisted Tuesday that Talackova is a real woman — as stated on her birth certificate, driver’s licence and passport — and not allowing her to compete in the competition is discrimination.

“Trump has caved in a bit already. He has to go the rest of the way and say it loudly, and say it clearly, that not only will Jenna be allowed to compete, but that the rule is gone — no ifs, ands, buts or ors. No conditions and no excuses,” the high-powered lawyer told media.

“Otherwise, we are considering all of Jenna’s legal options.”

Allred is known for taking the cases of celebrity clients including a number of Tiger Woods’ ex-lovers and Nicole Brown Simpson’s family during the O.J. Simpson murder trial.

The Miss Universe Organization said she “did not meet the requirements to compete despite having state otherwise on her entry form.” The statement issued by the organization did not specify what such requirements entail.

Her profile was quietly taken down from the Miss Universe Canada’s finalists’ page in mid-March.

Allred slammed what she called the “ambiguous” statement and its conditions, noting the organization should see Talackova as who she is today, and not who she was when she was born.

Talackova called the statement “confusing.”

“I wish Mr. Trump would just say in plain words whether or not I will be allowed to compete, and if I win, whether I’d be allowed to represent Canada in the Miss Universe competition,” she said. “I also want Mr. Trump to clearly state that this rule be eliminated, because I do not want any other woman to suffer the discrimination that I have endured.”

Talackova says she has known she was a female since she was four years old. She began hormone therapy at 14 and had sex reassignment surgery in 2010.

“Since I was conscious I always felt this way,” she wrote in an email to the Vancouver Sun two weeks ago.

The Beauties of Canada Organization, which organizes the pageant, says it has the exclusive right to send a contestant to the Miss Universe Pageant, a joint production of Trump and NBC Universal.

A news release issued over the weekend said Talackova is “deeply humbled by the overwhelming support she has received and the important attention to trans issues that her situation has catalyzed. She understandably realizes that her case could be a significant landmark for the dignity and liberty of LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning) citizens everywhere.”

Talackova was selected among some 65 finalists for the 2012 competition. The 61st annual Miss Universe Canada pageant will be held next month in Toronto.

Talackova’s story flared through the British, U.S. and Canadian media last week, sparking online protests.

“This is discriminatory, unjust, and quite frankly disgusting,” said Oscar Dimant of Brooklyn, New York, listed as the author of the online petition at change.org.

“She is a woman and deserves to be treated as any other woman would be.”

One petition signator argued that Talackova is legally and physically a woman.

“Her being trans represents that it was harder for her than most to get where she is today, and that make her the perfect Miss Universe contestant,” said the signator.

The interview, on the sidelines of the 2010 Miss International Queen transgender pageant, can be found on this YouTube video.

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